Kortrijk
(50 miles W of Brussels,
near French border)

Belgium
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Martyrs Mirror by Thieleman J. van Braght
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1536 (or 1537)

Jacques van der Mase, leader of the local Anabaptist group, was executed.

1553

16 July 1553
Joos Kindt was burned at the stake.

1558

20 November 1558
Absalom van Tomme de Zanger (the singer) was burned at the stake.

1559

Jelis de Groot (Gillis de Graet), Mahieu Antheunis van Halewijn and Karel van Tiegem were executed.

1567

8 November 1567
Jacques (Jacob) Mesdagh (who had been in prison 20 months), Willem Aertszoon, Joos Casteels and Karel Hannebeel were altogether burned at the stake.

1569

Old Pieter (den Ouden, Oudeghodt), Jan Wattier, Jan van Raes, Wouter Denijs, Francois (Fransoois) de Timmerman (the carpenter) and Kalleken, widow of Anpleunis van den Berghe, all from Meenen (Menin), were tortured on the rack and then executed.
9 March 1569
Sijntgen Vercoilgen, mother of Jan, was executed.


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